Specifications

Protecting Computers from Security Risks

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Scan Types

OfficeScan provides the following scan types to protect client computers from security

risks:

Real-time Scan

Real-time Scan is a persistent and ongoing scan. Each time a file is received, opened,

downloaded, copied, or modified, Real-time Scan scans the file for security risks. If

OfficeScan detects no security risk, the file remains in its location and users can proceed

to access the file. If OfficeScan detects a security risk, it displays a notification message,

showing the name of the infected file and the specific security risk.

Note: To modify the notification message, open the Web console and go to Notification >

Client User Notifications.

ABLE 5-28. Scan types

SCAN TYPE DESCRIPTION

Real-time Scan Automatically scans a file on the computer as it is received,

opened, downloaded, copied, or modified

See Real-time Scan on page 5-19 for details.

Manual Scan A user-initiated scan that scans a file or a set of files

requested by the user

See Manual Scan on page 5-21 for details.

Scheduled Scan Automatically scans files on the computer based on the

schedule configured by the administrator or end user

See Scheduled Scan on page 5-22 for details.

Scan Now An administrator-initiated scan that scans files on one or

several target computers

See Scan Now on page 5-23 for details.